Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Board of Health has been awarded grant funds from the Ohio Department of Health to fund the Child and Family Health Services (CFHS) Perinatal Program for the period July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014. Columbus Public Health has a need to make funds available for the CFHS program to provide for Medical Director services from Columbus Neighborhood Health Center, Inc.
This contract will provide physician services for the Women's Health and Family Planning Clinic (WHFPC) at Columbus Public Health. Services to be provided include oversight for the medical functions of the clinic, clinical services for women seeking prenatal and postpartum care, gynecologic exams, contraceptive services, and screening and treatment of STDs; and after clinic hours on call services provided by a physician, certified nurse midwife or certified nurse practitioner seven days per week for patients of the WHFPC. Formal bids were not solicited; therefore, this ordinance waives competitive bidding provisions.
Emergency action is requested in order to avoid any delays in providing program services.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for this expenditure is budgeted in the Health Department Grants Fund ($15,000.00) and the Health Special Revenue Fund ($35,000.00).
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To authorize and direct the Board of Health to enter into a contract with Columbus Neighborhood Health Center, Inc. for the provision of medical director services; to authorize the expenditure of $50,000.00 from the Health Department Grants Fund and the Health Special Revenue Fund; to waive provisions of competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Codes, 1959; and to declare an emergency. ($50,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Board of Health has a need for Columbus Neighborhood Health Center, Inc. to provide medical director services for the Child and Family Health Services Perinatal Program for the period of September 16, 2013 through June 30, 2014, and,
WHEREAS, Columbus Neighborhood Health Center, Inc. has the expertise to provide medical director services to patients in the Child and Family Health Services Perinatal Program, and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to enter into this contract for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare, and to avoid any delays in providing services; Now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Board of Health is hereby authorized and directed to enter into a contract with Columbus Neighborhood Health Center, Inc. to provide medical director services for the period of September 16, 2013 through June 30, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $50,000.00.
SECTION 2. That to pay the cost of said contract, the expenditure of $15,000.00 is hereby authorized from the Health Department Grants Fund, Fund No. 251, Department of Health, Department No. 50, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3351, Grant No. 501337, OCA Code 501337.
SECTION 3. That to pay the cost of said contract, the expenditure of $35,000.00 is hereby authorized from the Health Special Revenue Fund, Fund No. 250, Department of Health, Department No. 50, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3351, OCA Code 502047.
SECTION 4. That the provisions of Section 329.11 of the Columbus City Code are hereby waived.
SECTION 5. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes necessary to ensure that this contract is properly accounted for and recorded accurately on the City's financial records.
SECTION 6. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.